Sentence examples for held the vote from inspiring English sources
He pushed forward on his people's long-held dream of an independent state and held the vote.
Defying precedent, the House leadership held the vote open for three hours while arms were twisted.
But, always one for democracy, I held the vote anyway and lost.
The Senate held the vote open Wednesday night to allow Mr. Leahy time to return and cast his vote.
The Organisation of American States (OAS), which monitored the poll, had declared the voting a success: Haiti has been without a parliament for 16 months, so to have held the vote at all seemed a triumph.
The deadlock meant the ban failed, but Democrats protested that Republican leaders improperly held the vote open for an extra 23 minutes to get a number of colleagues to switch their votes.
Although a vote was held, the votes were never counted because Columbia appealed their right to unionize to the National Labor Relations Board.
It was also a leading borrower and lender of Parmalat shares, so that in November it technically held the voting rights to over 5% of Parmalat stock.
The baskets that held the votes were watched by specific officers, who then counted the ballots, and reported the results to the presiding magistrate.
